“I was on a career path as a scientist and went to Edinburgh once I finished school to study physics, and went on to do a PhD,” he said.

“I had the opportunity to go on the television series ‘Faking It’ where they train someone to do something they have never done before for four weeks.

“I was the scientist who became a magician. I was taken from Scotland to London and had training, and then some time in Las Vegas with Penn and Teller.

“They put me on stage at the end of the four weeks and asked me to do a magic show in front of a judge who was asked if they thought I was a professional or faking it.

“I had to convince Paul Daniels, who sadly passed away recently, I was a professional magician. It’s been 10 years now and I’m still doing the magic. I have absolutely no regrets, I’ve had so many amazing opportunities and I think the degree gives me a bit of almost legitimacy.”

So what can people expect from ‘Quantum Magic’?

“Amazement, that’s the most important thing,” he continued.

“I want to bamboozle people and show them impossible things.

“It’s what I strive to do when I do any show.

“I have been known for comedy magic in the past so it’s delivered with humour a lot of the time. I’m not a po-faced magician.

“If you come to see magic you want to be amazed. I just want to deliver really cool and amazing moments.”

And for Kevin, Dunfermline’s Carnegie Hall is somewhere special.

He said: “I’ve been to every panto there since 1982.

‘‘I was on stage there with Fife Youth Orchestra and I did a production with Carnegie Youth Theatre there. It will be good to be back.”

As a magician, what is it about magic that Kevin thinks keeps both the young and old entertained?

“I have absolutely no idea. That’s the one question I think I’ll never work out,” he added.